My friend works at a video game developer/publisher and said he'd pass my resume to his boss, who is the VP of sales. Help!
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posted by griphus
on Mar 27, 2012 -
4 answers
There are a zillion great books on game design, writing for games, designing sound for games etc. But what about game production? What're the important texts/articles/blog posts for leading a team and standard production practices?
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posted by GilloD
on Mar 22, 2012 -
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I'm hooking up a gaming console to my Mac Pro, via a FW Miglia Director's Cut Take Two, which is apparently natively recognized as a camcorder by OS X. What app do I need to cleanly display the game on my screen?
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posted by stewiethegreat
on Mar 12, 2012 -
3 answers
I need help finding a 2D game about running a restaurant- and it involved a lot of mini-games and menial tasks. Very simple graphics, too.
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posted by Askiba
on Feb 22, 2012 -
8 answers
In almost every military video game that I've played, you are allowed to exchange your current weapon for a dead enemy's. Is it legal to do this in real life? More questions inside.
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posted by Senza Volto
on Jan 24, 2012 -
27 answers
I really, really liked the flash game 3 Slices, recently posted on the blue. I also loved Lemmings. What other flash or internet-based games would I like that I can play on my (old) laptop?
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posted by shortyJBot
on Jan 22, 2012 -
8 answers
Help me remember a video game from my youth, part the Nth.
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posted by LN
on Jan 1, 2012 -
6 answers
So I know about computers and I know about software. I don't know how they go together for games and wondering if there's an easy way to tell if my computer can run certain games.
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posted by lilkeith07
on Dec 28, 2011 -
2 answers
I want to compose scores for video games as a career. I have no idea how to get there. I'm looking for advice from composers, game designers, and people generally working at the intersection of music and video games.
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posted by bumpjump
on Dec 7, 2011 -
11 answers
So I used to game a lot as a kid. PC gaming, SNES and Nintendo 64 and Playstation - went I went off to college, I basically stopped playing console games (cause I knew I needed to focus on school!). Now 10 years later, I'd like to get back into it....
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posted by waylaid
on Dec 3, 2011 -
29 answers
Recommend some good online multiplayer cooperative games for the PS3? (with a split-screen twist!)
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posted by cschneid
on Oct 31, 2011 -
11 answers
Are there games that were invented as computer games and then became popular as real world games?
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posted by vacapinta
on Sep 27, 2011 -
21 answers
I am looking for an old BASIC(?)-programmed DOS game. It is about defending North America from an invasion of killer bees. I believe the file was SWARM.EXE, and I'm pretty sure it was freeware.
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posted by curious nu
on Sep 10, 2011 -
6 answers
Trying to identify a PC game I played while I was young. I want to say it was a point and click adventure game with darkish themes. It was 2D, not isometric, and I seem to remember there being a level/levels in a silhouetted art style, and *maybe* claymation. (It's not neverhood.)
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posted by flatluigi
on Sep 6, 2011 -
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So, I'm reading Ender's Game to my son (per his request), agreeing with him how cool it might be to play the video game where he kills the giant, and naturally begin to wonder if anyone has made a playable version. I will assume that there exists a game out there which includes a stage with the giant scene in it. Has anyone taken a whack at making the entire game as we read about it in the book?
Are there other examples of games that were originally suggested in books, now
available to play?
posted by klausman
on Sep 2, 2011 -
6 answers
I got a new PC a few months ago. I like to think that it's a good build, but I never play any games on it anyway besides minecraft because I already had an Xbox and there's nothing coming out until christmas. What are some games/demos I can get (for free) that I can try on it to really get a sense of how good of a gaming rig it is - and if I should start buying PC games, or stick to xbox games?
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posted by rebent
on Aug 18, 2011 -
17 answers
PC gamers of Mefi, how do you find new indie titles online? Right now I'm only aware of JayIsGames.
posted by Taft
on Aug 13, 2011 -
12 answers
My gaming websites are ugly. How can I make them better? I work well with examples and exemplars, but how-tos are welcome too.
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posted by hiteleven
on Aug 4, 2011 -
13 answers
Descriptive video for the blind and visually impaired... for videogames? Does this exist? I’d like to do it. I know there are a million videos of people playing videogames around, but I'd like to do ones tailored for people who can't see.
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posted by marble
on Jul 27, 2011 -
7 answers
I want to play more games like Nethack, Dwarf Fortress, Liberal Crime Squad, etc. No, not rogue-likes: games with a similiar "made of text" interface.
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posted by Askiba
on Jul 26, 2011 -
10 answers
My wife bought me an all-expense-paid trip to Comic-Con for my 30th birthday, and while I've been to plenty of smaller cons (Wizard World, C2E2, Otakon, etc), this is my first time going to the big show.
Extended nerdery inside:
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posted by Oktober
on Jul 18, 2011 -
11 answers
So I've got Gamespite's NES retrospective, I've got hardcoregaming101.net's new book on adventure games, I even have a thirdhand copy of Bill Kunkel's indie-press memoirs. And I want more. What's some good and insightful video game writing
in print?
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posted by griphus
on Jul 11, 2011 -
11 answers
Educational videogames tend to be aimed at children and/or not much fun to play (and/or both). "Typing of the Dead" is a great exception. Are there other truly addictive videogames a grownup can enjoy while learning something? The subject being taught is irrelevant-- I'd just love for my gaming time to result in some sort of useful skill.
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posted by yankeefog
on Jul 6, 2011 -
13 answers
I have over 1,000 copies of several PC videogame CD-ROMs. The games are widely distributed/available, so the discs probably don't have any value to gamers. What can I do with them beside give them away? Creative or crafty ideas welcome. Also, not against making a little money if it's possible.
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posted by R_Kamidees
on Jun 30, 2011 -
10 answers
Can anybody recommend a Minecraft multiplayer server? I'm involved with one now and it's fine but I find myself sometimes tired of the 14/15-year-olds. Survival is great, keeps the blood pumping.
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posted by crios
on Jun 19, 2011 -
10 answers
I'm looking for the way to break into the Palace of the Four Swords in the GBA port of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past without playing through the Four Swords part of the game. No emulator.
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posted by chinesefood
on Jun 10, 2011 -
2 answers
About 6-8 years ago, there was a video of a kid doing the dance dance revolution game or some similar video game, which started with him doing a handstand. Know it?
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posted by whoda
on Jun 2, 2011 -
1 answer
L.A. Noire has lots of references to Bioshock -- namely (heh), Fontaine and Ryan.
Why?
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posted by bardic
on May 30, 2011 -
8 answers
I'm trying to hotlink a button to take in-game screenshots on my Macbook Pro with Boot Camp running Windows 7. But every application I try seems to miss the game playing entirely! It shows the desktop and other running applications and not the game at all. I've tried MWSnap 3, Screenshot Utility 1.0, and Screenshot Pilot. They all failed. How do I take screenshots of this video game, before I lose my mind?
posted by Rory Marinich
on May 2, 2011 -
6 answers
I play clarinet in an orchestra that exclusively plays video game music, and there's an opportunity to a solo or small ensemble piece in the next concert if you can come up with your own music. Although I took two semesters of music theory, I don't think I'd be able to arrange anything involving piano- I'm looking for something that could be done with one to three wind instruments. Any ideas?
posted by stubblemaker
on Apr 11, 2011 -
8 answers
I'm looking for new forums and online communities where people talk intelligently about art, the internet, and video games (preferably all three). Not looking for general, all-purpose sites like Reddit or subsections of those sites, individual blogs, or twitter feeds.
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posted by codacorolla
on Mar 26, 2011 -
9 answers
What are the best recent console video games that can be enjoyed in an hour or less? I'll be at PAX East this weekend, and since I don't own a console newer than a Gamecube, I'd like to spend some time at the Console Freeplay. They have a library of dozens of modern consoles and thousands of games that you can borrow for an hour at a time. Lots of the big games require at least a few hours to get anywhere in the story. What doesn't? What are the best casual or semi-casual games from this generation that I can enjoy in an hour?
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posted by Plutor
on Mar 10, 2011 -
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